Donated livers can be made biologically younger
MIT Technology Review
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- Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag it, and put it on ice—where it immediately starts to degrade.
- The team has a matter of hours to get it into a recipient’s body.
- There’s another option—one that has been growing…
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Once an organ is removed from a donor’s body, the clock starts ticking. Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag it, and put it on ice—where it immediately starts to degrade. The team has a matter of hours to get it into a recipient’s body.
There’s another option—one that has been growing…
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